Pedestal.



J. L. E. JENKINS.

PEDESTAL.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9, 1911.

1 039 1 34 Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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PEDESTAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24:, 1912.

Application filed December 9, 1911. Serial No. 664,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AMES L. E. JENKINS, acitizen of the United States, residing at; Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Pedestals; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to; which it appertains to make and. use the} same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and. to the lettersand figures; of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invent-ion relates to pedestals and more particularly to a pedestalhaving a revoluble top; the principal object of the invention being toprovide a device of this character which is of light weight but ofsubstantial strength, and which may be taken down and assembledcompactly for shipping or storing.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a pedestal havingroller bearings for supporting the revoluble top in order that such topmay be freely movable.

In accomplishing these objects I have provided the improved details ofstructure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a pedestalconstructed according to my invention. Fig. II is a perspective view ofthe upper portion of same, the revoluble top being removed. Fig. III isa cross section of the upper portion of the pedestal including the top.Fig. IV is a perspective view of one of the leg sections. Fi V is aperspective view of the mortise jolnts of the leg sections, the partsbeing separated for better illustration.

Referring more in detail to the parts 1 designates a leg sectioncomprising a head 2 and leg strips 3, the latter belng preferably madeof flexible material and secured together at their lower ends; the upperend of the inner strip being curved inwardly and seated in a mortise 1in the under face of the head and the upper end of the outer strip beingextended over and secured to the outer end of the head 2, a partprojecting above the head as illustrated.

Fixed to the top of head 2 are blocks 5, which are spaced at the centerto provide a socket 6 and have concaved sockets in their outer endsopening through the tops of the blocks. When the blocks are in place,the outer ends of the sockets are covered by the the socketend. Locatedwithin each of said sockets is a roller 7 which is revolubly mounted ona pin or nail S that is extended through the leg strip and socket intothe block 5. The mortised section of the head 2 is provided with acentral aperture 9 and with sockets 10, and the lower ends of the legsections are connected by a rung 11.

12 designates the other leg section, which comprises a head 13 having acentral aperture 1 1 and depending posts 15 adapted for registrationwith the aperture 9, and projection into the sockets 10 in the first legsection, when the parts are assembled. Onthe under face of head 13 areblocks 16 which are spaced apart to form a central mortise 17. In theends of the head 13 are sockets 13 which open through the ends of thehead, as with the other leg section, and contain rollers 7 which areconstructed and mounted identically as are the rollers in the first legsection. The inner ends of the blocks 16 are beveled, and secured tosuch beveled ends and to the outer ends of the blocks and the head 13are leg strips 18. Connecting the strips 18, near their lower ends, is abase board 19 having pivotal mounting on screws or the like 20, whichproject through said strips so that the board may be turned horizontallyor vertically when the leg section is upright.

21 designates a bolt which extends through the registering apertures 9and 14 when the leg sections are assembled and has a nut 22 which seatsin a countersink in the head 13, so as to be below the upper surface ofthe head.

24 designates a top having a central apertore through which the bolt 21is projected, and having a countersink 25 within which the bolt head 26and a washer 27 are located to anchor the top to the supportingsections.

In using the pedestal, presuming the parts to be assembled as described,the rollers 7 will project partially above the stand part, so that thetop 2 1 will revolve freely thereon, in order that an object mounted onsaid pedestal may be brought easily and quickly in front of a user.

In shipping the pedestal, or when it is to be stored, the top may beremoved by tak' ing out the bolt 21, and lifting the head 13 out of themortise in the lower head, so that upper ends of the leg strips 3, so asto close 7 the posts 15 will clear their sockets. The upper part of theleg section may then be re moved from the head of the opposite section,so that the parts are separate. When the first leg section is removedthe base board 19 may be turned pivotally to lie flat between the legstrips and the parts nested together, so that they will occupy but a1imited space.

It is apparent that the device maybe easily and quickly taken down orassembled and that the leg sections are so braced that a substantialweight may be supported on the revoluble top, and further that anarticle supported on said top may be turned freely because of the rollerbearing provided for that purpose. 1 p v Having thus describedm'vinvention, what I claim as new therein and'desire to secure byPetters-Pateiit is p v 1. In a pedestal; a leg section comprising ahead, and supporting strips having inner members bent beneath the headand nior ing inner members bent beneath and mortised into said head, andouter members fixed to the ends of the head, a second leg sectioncomprising a head, blocks fixed to the inner face of said head andspaced to form a central opening, leg strips having inner members fixedto the inner ends of said blocks and outer members fixed to the ends orthe head and blocks, the heads of said sections being mortisedinto eachother, a bolt extending through the central portions of said heads andprojecting thereabove, and a top pivotallv mounted on said bolt;

3. In a pedestal, separate leg sections; a square base board havingrounded corners, means for pivotally mounting said board on the membersof one of said sections and for detachably securing same to the membersof the other sections When the parts are assembled, and a rungconnecting the members of the vother leg section beneath said baseboard;

' In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature iii presence or twoWitnesses.

JAMES L. E. JENKINS.

Witnesses;

MYRTLE JACKSCN, ARTHUR W; CAPS.

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